Jackson County’s unemployment rate crept up a tenth of a percent between July and August, according to figures released last week by the Georgia Department of Labor.

The DOL put the county’s jobless rate at 10.4 percent for August, compared to 10.3 percent in July. Georgia’s jobless rate for the same period fell two-tenths of a percent to 10.2 percent, while the rate for Northeast

Georgia was 9.8 percent for August — unchanged from July.

Other area counties and their jobless rates include:

•Banks, 7.5, unchanged

•Barrow, 9.5 percent, compared to 9.7 in July

•Hall, 8.6, down from 8.7

•Madison, 8.1, down from 8.2

•Clarke, 8.1, down from 8.2

Meanwhile, Oconee County continued to have the lowest unemployment rate in Georgia at 6.5 percent, while Hancock County has the distinction of having the highest unemployment rate — 20.1 percent.

August marked the 49th consecutive month Georgia has exceeded the national unemployment rate, which is currently 9.1 percent, unchanged from July.

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